JEFFERSON CITY — Two women from Quincy, Illinois were hurt in a traffic crash Wednesday afternoon on I-55 in Ste. Genevieve County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 48-year-old Jodie M. Shelton and 62-year-old Valerie A. Strauss were taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital Jefferson for treatment of minor injuries.
The patrol says the crash happened when a 2011 GMC Yukon driven by Shelton went out of control on the wet roadway, ran off the right side of the roadway and struck a rock bluff.
Both of the occupants were buckled up.
The crash happened about 1:51 p.m. at mile marker 152.6.
The Yukon received extensive damage.